Rail attachment



J. HITZERT. RAH. ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 5. 1922.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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J. HITZERT.

RAIL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1922.

' Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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I Application filed April 5,

T 0 all whom it met? concern:

Be it known that I, JACOBHIT'ZERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the :county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail Attachments, of which the iollowingis a specification.

My present invention pertains to railway rail fastening devices and it contemplates the provision of means whereby opposing rails are securely held to their ties and this without the necessity of driving bolts or other fastening elements through the base of the'rails. I

The invention further contemplates the v provision of means whereby lateral creeping Figure 7 of the rails with respect to the ties is eliminated. i I

i The invention in.all of its details will be fully understood from the following dew scription and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, in

which Figure l is a top plan view of several railway ties showing rails attached thereto by means'of my novel fastening device but with. the means for fastening the device to the ties eliminated.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of a tie and rail secured thereon.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of one of, the fastening plates. 1

Figure 4 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure5 is a top plan view of oneserles of rails and showing the rail web supports.

Figure 6 is aside elevation of the plate that rests against the web of the rails.

is a sectional view of the' style of dog I employ to brace the rails at the curve. a

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the block that receives the supporting plate illustrated in Figure-3. I

Figure 9. is a view illustrating a portion of the dogs that brace the rail.

Similar numerals Ofreference designat corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings except in the modified construction of brace illustrated by Figure 6.

The ties l of my novel construction are preferably .formed of cement or like ma terial and adapted to be securely retained at a point adjacent the ends of the'ties are blocksB in which I provide a central aperturef3ff and the said blocks are preferably Specification of Letters Patent. Patent 1922. Serial no. 549,676.

dipped in creosote in order to life thereof, and adapted to rest upon the ties 1 are plates 4 of the construction clearly indicated byFigure 3. These'plates 4 are ea Aug. is, i922.

prolong the bolted or otherwise secured to the ties by] means of-the fastening members 14 andthe 'said plates preferably are provided with one or more bolt receiving-apertures at their ends to permit of proper adjustment of the plates withi'espect tothe ties and the said plates 4 are provided with the recesses of the confi ration shown in Figure 3 and indicate by the square nut receiving opening 5. and the practically semi-circular bolt receiving portion 7 as well as the nut-confining lug 6. The plate 4 is further provided in the center thereof with 'a downwardly extending lug or projection 8 that is adapted to enter and be firmly retained, in the apertures 3 of the block 3 and this construction assists in preventing end-wise or other slipping of the plate 4 with res ect to the tie 1.' The plate 4 is'further provi ed near its ends with the key-way slot 11,,t hat is adapted to receive the end 10 of the dog 9. The slot 11 assists the bolt 13 in holding the dog in' proper position oii the plate4 and in order to prevent casual displacement of-the dog 9 I provide a well or chamber 12 that receives the nut oi the bolt 13. The dog 9, as will be seen, by reference to Figure2 in particular, bears at its inner end against the web of the-rail 2 audits lower inner surface is so constructed that it-conforms to the configuratiom of the base of the rail and said dog is held slightly above the portion 6 {of-- the plate 4 due to the outer pointed construction 10 thereof. It'will 'be'seen that this space will assist intaking up vibration" during passage of'cars .over' the rail" and thereby prolong the life-of theconnectingf elements of the-invention, The square' iopen-"f: ingsat the ends of p'lat'e' l'are"to' permit;

'fastening elements or bolts to passthere'-" through 1 1 In' Figure 6 I illustrate more or less of a modified form of rail bracing member and this form is substituted for the dog 9 at the points where the rails are. joined one tothe other arid comprises all of the elements of the dog 9' and in addition the connecting portion 9 that rebts against the web 9 of the rails. In Figure 7 I illustrate the dog Whaving the upwardly extending portion 9 and this particular form of dog is employed onvcurved track rails.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that in order to secure my rail fastening means to the ties 1 it is simply necessary to place the plate 4 with its projection 8 resting in the aperture 3 of the block 3 and y then tighten up the nut on the bolt 14. The

rail is then properly positioned on the plate and the bolt 13 seated in the portion 7 of the plate with the shank of the bolt extending through the aperture 12 of the dog 9. The

nut is then tightened up on the bolt 13 which v v dogs 9.

It will. be gathered from the foregoing that my invention not only eliminates the use of fish-plates but at the same time provides a device for connecting the rails that may be employed without the necessitv of in any way weakening the rail by drilling the same and the device further assures the rails from spreading but on the other hand makes ample provision for vibration and at the same time allows. for removal or substitution of any portion of the device with but a small amount of effort on the part of those employing the device.

If woodenties are substituted for composition tie 1, spikes may be employed in lieu of bolts 14:.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1 v I L 1. In rail fastening means, the combination of a plastic tie, a block of suitable material anchored'in each end. of the tie, said block having a recess therein, a plate adapted to rest upon and be secured to the tie and having a projection that rests in the aperture of the block,-a bolt and nut receiving aperture formed in the plate adjacent the projection and on each end of the plate, transverse kerfs formed in the plate anda dog having a chamber and aperture to receive bolts whereby the dog. is secured to the plate; said dog having one end that bears against the web of a rail and having the other end seated in one of the kerfs of the plate.

2. In means for the purpose set forth, the combination of ties formed of plastic material, a block anchored in each end of each 7 tie, an aperture formed in the block, plates having projections adapted ,/to enter the curing the plates to the blocks, dogs adapted to bear at one end on the plates and at the other end against the web and base of a railway rail; said dogs having a portion formed integral and extending from one dog to the dog on the adjacent plate and rail, and means formed on the plates for reblocks, means formed in the plates for setaining the dogs in proper position with respect to the plates and rails.

3. In means for securely holding'railway rails at the proper gauge with respect to each other, the combination of plastic ties,

blocks anchored in the ties, plates resting on the blocks and ties and rigidly secured thereto, dogs superimposed on the plates and se- I cured thereto and means forsecuring the dogs on the plates, said plates comprising a flat central surface to receive the baseiof a rail, chambers having square outer ends and elongated inner ends, the elongated portion extending upwardly and toward the square portion to form a bolt-head confining chamber, and kerfs formed in the ends of the plates at the outer end-of the square portion of the chambers.

4. .In means for the purpose set forth, the combination-of a tie, plates mounted thereon and having kerfs on the ends thereof and bolt-receiving chambers arranged adjacent the kerfs, fiat portions formed on the plates to receive the base of railway rails and dogs having. ointed outer ends adapted to enter the ker 'sof the plates and theirlinner ends tot bear against the web of the rails; said dogs having their inner, lower surface constructed to conform to and bear against the base of the rails and having the remaining portion of'their lower walls inclined toward the pointed end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. JACOB HITZER'I.

Witnesses:

AMANDA T.'-HITZER'1, Y SARA M. HITZERT. 

